Nanofibers and Nanowires

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Branch: ETE
Purushottam Institute of
Engg. & Technology.
Drug and gene
delivery:
Carbon fiber
hollow nano
tubes, smaller
than blood
cells, have
potential to
Nanofibers
carry drugsand
in webs are capable of
delivering medicines directly to internal
to blood cells
tissues.
Schematic of an Electrospinning
setup

Electrospinning uses an electrical charge to

draw very fine (typically on the micro or nano
scale) fibers from a liquid.
Future Application Of Nanofibers
Gajanan Bhat and Youneung Lee, “Recent
advancements in Electrospun nanofibers.”
Proceedings of the twelfth international
symposium of Processing and Fabrication
of Advanced materials, Ed TS Srivatsan &
RA Vain, TMS, 2003.
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